Assistance program
Project Safe Neighborhoods
$132.9 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Office of Justice Programs, Justice, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 16.609
- What it does
- The Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN) formula grant program awards funds to certified fiscal agents who work with PSN teams in federal judicial districts to provide funding support to the district’s PSN strategy. Each United States Attorney’s Office is responsible for establishing and leading a team of federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial (where applicable) law enforcement and community-based organizations and representatives (herein PSN Team) to implement a strategic plan for addressing the most pressing violent crime problems within the USAO district. Goal(s): To reduce gun and gang violence by the most violent offenders in target neighborhoods by employing a research-driven, intelligence-led, and problem-solving approach to reduce firearm and gang violence through enforcement, deterrence, and prevention. Objective(s): Foster effective and sustainable collaborations with law enforcement officials, prosecutors, and external agencies; foster community trust in, and increase the legitimacy of, federal, state, and local law enforcement entities; and, use intelligence and data to identify violent crime drivers and individuals at risk of violence victimization or perpetration. Performance Measure 1: Percentage of PSN projects conducting community activities; and, Performance Measure 2: Percentage of PSN projects that experienced a measurable positive impact on their problem of focus.
- Who benefits
- State and local governments, public and private organizations, Indian Tribal government, prosecutor offices.
- Who applies
- PSN team fiscal agents for the federal judicial districts. All fiscal agents must be certified by the relevant district United States Attorney’s Office (USAO). Eligible USAO-certified fiscal agents include states, units of local government, educational institutions, faith-based and other community organizations, private nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit), and federally recognized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior).
- Authorized by
- Public Law 117-328
- Public Law 115-185; 34 U.S.C. § 60701-60705
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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